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UDC 274:322.2
Marko Kerševan
The Reformation, Protestant Christianity and features
of modern society
The paper deals with the classic historical-sociological topic of/thesis about
(as developed by Max Weber and evidenced by Marx). There is no point in look-
ing for either the “cause” or “source” of modern society or capitalism in the
Reformation and Protestantism, nor the ref lection/expression of such society.
Max Weber himself explicitly rejected such simplifications and reductions but
nevertheless they are often ascribed to him, just as the theses about religion as
(merely) an expression of the “social infrastructure” and opium for the people
are reductionistically attributed to Marx.
I attempt to show how the key Reformation belief in justification by faith
(alone), linked with the matter of predestination, of understanding the calling
and the church (as the fellowship of all believers) was able to be an encourage-
ment or support to some (emerging) characteristics of modern societies, as
they took shape within “western civilization”: to modern individualism, orien-
tation towards work/enterprise, rationalization, desacralization (“disenchant-
ment of the world”) and secularization, to the principles of religious tolera-
tion, religious freedom and the separation of church and state. (I have written
about the Reformation and the formation of modern nations in the book
Protestantizem, slovenska identiteta in združujoča se Evropa (Protestantism, Slovenian
Identity and Converging Europe), ZIFF, Ljubljana 2006).
Are the definitions and orientations relevant for these relations present or
at least indicated in Trubar’s texts as well – and if so, how – in particular, the
concept and translation of the word “poklic” (profession; lit. calling)?
UDC 167.5:22.06:1Bloch E.
Cvetka Hedžet Tóth
The fiftieth anniversary of The Principle of Hope –
and also the ninetieth anniversary of The Spirit of Utopia
The paper sets out to address the issue of the philosophical views of Ernest
Bloch, focusing especially on two, actually the most fundamental, concepts
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UDC 274:322.2
Marko Kerševan
The Reformation, Protestant Christianity and features
of modern society
The paper deals with the classic historical-sociological topic of/thesis about
(as developed by Max Weber and evidenced by Marx). There is no point in look-
ing for either the “cause” or “source” of modern society or capitalism in the
Reformation and Protestantism, nor the ref lection/expression of such society.
Max Weber himself explicitly rejected such simplifications and reductions but
nevertheless they are often ascribed to him, just as the theses about religion as
(merely) an expression of the “social infrastructure” and opium for the people
are reductionistically attributed to Marx.
I attempt to show how the key Reformation belief in justification by faith
(alone), linked with the matter of predestination, of understanding the calling
and the church (as the fellowship of all believers) was able to be an encourage-
ment or support to some (emerging) characteristics of modern societies, as
they took shape within “western civilization”: to modern individualism, orien-
tation towards work/enterprise, rationalization, desacralization (“disenchant-
ment of the world”) and secularization, to the principles of religious tolera-
tion, religious freedom and the separation of church and state. (I have written
about the Reformation and the formation of modern nations in the book
Protestantizem, slovenska identiteta in združujoča se Evropa (Protestantism, Slovenian
Identity and Converging Europe), ZIFF, Ljubljana 2006).
Are the definitions and orientations relevant for these relations present or
at least indicated in Trubar’s texts as well – and if so, how – in particular, the
concept and translation of the word “poklic” (profession; lit. calling)?
UDC 167.5:22.06:1Bloch E.
Cvetka Hedžet Tóth
The fiftieth anniversary of The Principle of Hope –
and also the ninetieth anniversary of The Spirit of Utopia
The paper sets out to address the issue of the philosophical views of Ernest
Bloch, focusing especially on two, actually the most fundamental, concepts
408
